Summary:
ZIP code 97370 is home to exactly one high school: Philomath High School, a grades 9–12 campus at 2054 Applegate St in Philomath, Oregon, with 453 students. It is part of Philomath School District 17J. Because there are no other high schools in the ZIP code, the most useful comparisons are between this school and its district, the state, and its own recent history rather than against local peers.
Philomath High School's clearest strengths are English language arts, science, and student outcomes. All Grades ELA proficiency is 71.4%, versus 46.6% in the district and 43.8% statewide, while Science proficiency is 59.3%, versus 36.5% districtwide and 30.6% statewide. The 11th-grade results — ELA at 71.4% and Science at 59.3% — show the same pattern, and 11th grade is the more relevant benchmark for a high school since district and state All Grades figures include younger students. The school's 2024–2025 graduation rate of 93.5% exceeds the district's 89.2% and the state's 83.0%, and its chronic absenteeism rate of 30.3% is lower than both the district (32.6%) and the state (33.5%).
Mathematics is the relative weak spot. At 33.3% proficient in All Grades, the school is just below the district's 34.6% and only slightly above the state's 32.9%; in 11th grade, its 33.3% beats the district's 19.1% and the state's 22.9%, but still means roughly one-third of tested students met proficiency. The school's state ranking has also slipped: from 6th of 268 schools in 2023–2024, to 10th of 270 in 2024–2025, to 29th of 271 in 2025–2026 — still the 89th percentile with 4 stars, but down from 5 stars. By contrast, the district ranks 75 of 141 (47th percentile, 2 stars). About 49.01% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, spending per student is $19,645, and the student-teacher ratio is 17.1:1.
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